'My friend has picked an utterly dreadful name for her baby - I have to tell her'

Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to baby names , and while you might find a name that you think is perfect for your little one, there will always be others who don't agree with your choice.

One woman has confessed that she's so worried her friend is making a mistake with the name she's chosen for her daughter that she's contemplating telling her she thinks the moniker is "dreadful".

The woman revealed her friend wants to name her daughter Dawn, but she's concerned it's a "dated" name as she doesn't know anyone under the age of 60 with that name. In a post on Mumsnet, she asked: "Would you warn a friend about a dreadful baby name? She can take a joke and is lovely. But the name she's told me she's considering is erm ... not great."

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"I don't know anyone under 60 with the name and it isn't a lost classic. Would it be terrible to say it isn't great? ", reports the Mirror .

In later posts, the woman disclosed that the name her friend has chosen is Dawn, and claimed there's an additional issue of the name not sounding good when paired with the family surname.

She posted: "The problem is the name itself is dated (and not nicely so), but the surname doesn't match either and makes it sound a bit funny since there's a very similar British phrase! ".

"The name is Dawn but the surname to go alongside makes it really not a name I'd use for reasons around the name Dawn itself aside."

As of the time of writing, the woman has not disclosed what the family surname is.

Commenters on the post were largely in agreement that the woman should keep her opinions to herself when it comes to her friend's choice of baby name.

One commenter advised: "It's her choice and although you may be saying it with her best interests at heart it's not really your place. There are so many different names because so many people like different names. Leave her to it."

Another chimed in, adding their two cents: "Absolutely not. The only time I would even consider it is if they were a different culture and the name had some awful meaning they didn't realise."

And yet another weighed in: "Names are so subjective, there's no point in telling her you hate it. She'll call her baby whatever she wants and she'll just remember forever that you hate her child's name! ".